The Duke, by Holbein the Younger (1538)

Title

Description

"Death comes to the duke in the guise of a woman - wearing a bonnet. Behind the duke is a flag draped coffin on a stretcher — the same coffin that stands behind the nobleman in Holbein's great dance of death. The horror is painted in the Duke's face; in contrast to the young woman there is no erotic subtext here." (Description from the "The Dance of Death" webpage,
http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbeini.htm#, Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191202022708/http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbeini.htm)

This woodcut printing is found in The Dance of Death by the same author.

Creator

Holbein the Younger, Hans (c. 1497-1543)

Source

The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. the USA:
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.11934.html

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190822180551/https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.11934.html

Number: 1943.3.9419

Also found on the "The Dance of Death" webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbeini.htm#

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191202022708/http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbeini.htm

Date

1538

Format

Woodcut printing.
Dimensions: Unknown